Bihar S.I.R. form filings close to halfway mark: EC
New Delhi, July 9 -- The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral rolls is progressing, with 46.95% of the required Enumeration Forms collected within the first 14 days.
As of 6pm on Tuesday, 37,077,077 forms have been gathered from the state's total electorate of 78,969,844 (nearly 7.90 crore). The EC said that 8,278,617 forms were collected in the preceding 24 hours.
The EC indicated that, based on the current progress, the collection exercise could conclude before the deadline. Furthermore, 18.16% of the collected forms have been uploaded to the ECINET system.
The EC noted many electors are submitting their forms along with the required eligibility documents.
"Pure electo...
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